Alphabets of Africa

GHANA

VAGALA (GUR)

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

EXAMPLES

ivi

P

Ibl

b

N

t

Id/

d

ly

ch

/cfe/

J

M

k

/g/

9

/kp/

kp

/gb/

gb

/i/

i

A/

e

/e/

e

/£/

E

/v/

Vh

A^:/

W

Iml

m

In!

n

/jv

ny

/r)/

5

/gm/

gm

/a/
/a/

/f/
/v/
/s/
/z/
/r/
/!/
/h/
/w/

/y/

/u/
/u/
/o/
/o/

a

ba

b

baal

ch

chal

d

daa

e

de

e

mee

f

fir

g

gil

ny
gm

gba

haarj

di

jaari

kaali

kpu

la

maa

na

D3

nyoD

rjinee

so

chD

par

har

sa

tun

dun

VEE

wii
yau
zuu

to come
man
blood
stick
there
father
force
to stop
also
wife
to eat
husband
to leave
to kill
to go
mother
to see
to say
to drink
to steal
to sit
to run
hoe
back
to dance
to go down
to plant
to refuse
to cry
to buy
to enter

ALPHABET

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